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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 220919" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p>I think that 30 days in any program away from home would satisfy many or most courts threatening to send a teen - or young adult - to jail for behavior related to drug or alcohol usage. I also understand that many 30-day programs are geared to meeting a common court standard of that many days, and that reuse/relapse rates are very high at around 80%. That goes for wilderness, "re-hab", whatever. They may be better than jail, but I believe there are better uses for the money cost of only 30-days of most wilderness programs. Paying for a stay-until-done wilderness program is something else, and can be worthwhile. (There is a fine 4-week wilderness program for early/mild cases, but that doesn't seem at issue here.)</p><p> </p><p>Going just by what is in this "thread", I'd suggest: saving a good part of the expense by having him attend an in-patient rahab for the 30-days; or spending around as much as 30-days wilderness for a longer in-patient re-hab; or sending him to a longer-term therapeutic boarding school. The last approach would be more costly (especially if preceeded by wilderness), but it may be possible to get third-party funding. Frankly, I doubt that only 30 days of anything would do much real good.</p><p> </p><p>Finally -- no program will, of itself, be enough to effect "permanent" change. Returning home to the same environment, same temptations, same people, same other things, makes a high risk of return to the same behavior. His family would need counseling and support to help him, and he'd need some level of continuing support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 220919, member: 5707"] I think that 30 days in any program away from home would satisfy many or most courts threatening to send a teen - or young adult - to jail for behavior related to drug or alcohol usage. I also understand that many 30-day programs are geared to meeting a common court standard of that many days, and that reuse/relapse rates are very high at around 80%. That goes for wilderness, "re-hab", whatever. They may be better than jail, but I believe there are better uses for the money cost of only 30-days of most wilderness programs. Paying for a stay-until-done wilderness program is something else, and can be worthwhile. (There is a fine 4-week wilderness program for early/mild cases, but that doesn't seem at issue here.) Going just by what is in this "thread", I'd suggest: saving a good part of the expense by having him attend an in-patient rahab for the 30-days; or spending around as much as 30-days wilderness for a longer in-patient re-hab; or sending him to a longer-term therapeutic boarding school. The last approach would be more costly (especially if preceeded by wilderness), but it may be possible to get third-party funding. Frankly, I doubt that only 30 days of anything would do much real good. Finally -- no program will, of itself, be enough to effect "permanent" change. Returning home to the same environment, same temptations, same people, same other things, makes a high risk of return to the same behavior. His family would need counseling and support to help him, and he'd need some level of continuing support. [/QUOTE]
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